RESTRICTED: FOR AGES 18 AND ABOVE.. due to nudity, gore and violence
Elfen Lied (エルフェンリート, Erufen Rīto?) is the title of a Japanese manga series and derivative anime originally created by Japanese author Lynn Okamoto. Elfen Lied focuses on a mysterious and deadly breed of horned humans called "diclonius", and the havoc they wreak upon humanity. The title Elfen Lied is German or Dutch for "Elf Song" (see Lied), and pronounced approximately [ˈɛlfən liːt], although the correct German spelling would be "Elfenlied".
Elfen Lied first began as a manga series, serialized in the magazine Weekly Young Jump and published in Japan by Shueisha, ending at the completion of the twelfth volume. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan on July 25, 2004 while the unfinished manga was still in production, causing the anime plot to differ somewhat from the manga. A bonus OVA episode was released on April 21, 2005 giving some more background information.
So far, only the original anime series spanning 13 episodes and the OVA have been licensed in the United States, by ADV Films. ADV Films said the series was one of their bestselling [1] and "most notorious" [2] releases of 2005.
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at first, i thought it was some anime about a random killing spree.. (yesh, blood was EVERYWHERE..) then finally i saw the depth of the anime in episode 2.. well, it can't take that long to get into the plot since it has only 13+1 episodes (1 for the OVA).. now i'm in love with it!!! i'm not a big gore/blood lover but this anime is really good..
nudity and voilence aside, it deals with humanity and the possibilty of a biological weapon wiping out the current human race and creating a perfect new one.. interesting isn't it?